Bill would increase penalties for violent gun offenders

4:26 AM,
Apr. 30, 2013

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Proposed legislation would double penalties for using a gun during a felony offense in Ohio, targeting the less than 1 percent of Ohioans with repeat violent felony convictions who are committing 57 percent of the state's violent crime.

"Shoot, go to jail, then get out of jail and shoot again - this to me summarizes the problem we are facing in this state," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a news conference Monday introducing Sen. Jim Hughes' Violent Career Criminal Act.

The bill, which the Republican senator from Columbus plans to introduce Friday, would double penalties for repeat ...